Hicksville Local Correspondence Nineteenth Century Notes
Local notes recount residents visiting Fort Wayne and Bryan, church events, and community life. Mentions include Paulding races, 10 percent furniture sale at Brown & Behne, Otis retirement from clothing, Dalrymple real estate, and upcoming sermons. Reporters praise the town, note improved morals with saloons closed, and describe ongoing local business activity and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sehnell
Ft. Wayne
Barp Boburn
W. J. Henry
S. Scott
Bryan
Paulding
Brown & Behne
G. K. Otis
F. Dalrymple
Farmer Township
G. W. Dinius
Six Corners
Mort Otis
St. Joe News
Hicksville
Fostoria
Mr. Blodgett
For Sale Hand Salve Guarantee and Price
An 19th century advert claims salve cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores and more with guaranteed satisfaction or refunds. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Colby & Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby & Scott
Excursion Tickets On Sale For Maryland And Nearby Resorts
Excursion tickets to Deer Park Oakland Mountain Lake Park and other Maryland Virginia and North Carolina resorts are on sale along the Baltimore and Ohio line. Tickets are valid for return passage until October 31 with stop over privileges both ways. Ticket agents at minor stations will issue tickets if applications are made a few days in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Oakland
Mountain Lake Park
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginians
North Carolina
Baltimore and Ohio Hkrk
Blood Preparation Promises Cure and Purification
The reasonly Acer is advertised as the best Blood Preparation known. It claims to positively cure all Blood Diseases, purify the whole system, and build up the constitution. Guaranteed, for sale by N G Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.G. Woodward
Town notes mix weather and events from the burg
The week featured chatter about rain, school closure on Friday July 1, and a wedding for Mr. Frank Limbach and Miss Octie Aldrich. Local folks like H Hatfield, B Bailey, and Chas Behringer were seen about town while repairs and social gatherings filled the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Wagner
Warner Wrede
Charley
Wellering
Willering
Chas, Behringer
Turnbull Wagon Works
Defiance
Wilds
Local Tidbits From Defiance Township Rural News
Warm weather and harvest notes accompany village chatter. Wheat harvest and chicken cholera are mentioned alongside plenty of new potatoes and scarce berries. Visits include Mrs. Gillespie to Defiance, and Metz family in town. Grandma Knape nears 96, daily mail to Napoleon via Ridgeville Corners begins. Rev. Strauss plans resignation after 20 years. farewell phrase spoken as he departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansport
Tubbsville
Napoleon
Ridgeville Corners
Webec
Kansas
William Guhl
Pather
John Donner
Defiance
John
Strauss
Bethlehem Church
Physician offers free remedy recipe for consumption cure
An elderly doctor, retired, claims to possess a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and lung issues plus nervous debility. After testing in thousands of cases he pledges to send the recipe free by mail in German French or English with directions to any reader of this paper. Address W A Noyes 14 Powers Block Rochester NY and include a stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Power's Block
Rochester
N.Y
Spavin Liniment Ad Promises Horse Blemish Removal
An old advertisement for English Spavin Liniment claims it removes hard and soft lumps and blemishes from horses including blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ringbone stifles sprains and swellings. Offered by Colby Scott druggists in Defiance with a $50 savings on a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby & Scott
Liyl
Sherwood Village Declares Growth and Investment Appeal
The article extols Sherwood at the C J M and B C R R junction between Defiance and Hicksville, fourteen miles from Bryan, touting its trade strength, good schools, peaceful society, and inviting investors to settle homes and establish business in a thriving, anchored town. It highlights scenery, climate, and a pledge of enduring progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Street
Ély
Noble Township
Defiance County
City of
Defiance
Ita ~Ale
Wayne Street
Jefferson Street
B& R
Ottawa Pike
Charles E. Bronson
R. R
Hicksville
Weeping Waters
Bryan
Early Defiance church history and pioneer Methodists
The article recalls the first church work in Defiance led by Methodists. It outlines two ministers per circuit with pay, hardships from poverty, travel over rivers, and camp meetings on Maumee river. It notes Fort Wayne Beecher contrasts and Stow’s 1837 Presbyterian organization and Tucker’s rebuilding efforts for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Bryan
Churches of Defiance
Maumee River
Indiana
State Line
Auglaize
Delphos
Napoleon
William Seaman
Maumee
Messrs. Graper, Brown and Houghton
Independence
B. W. Slagle
Henry Ward Beecher
Presbyterian
Wm. B. Stow
Home Missionary Society
Old Court House
Henry Hardy
Presbyterian Society
First Street
Mr. Stow
E. R. Tucker
Free Trial Bottles Boost Colby & Scott Drug Store Trade
Colby and Scott's Drug Store reports a surge in business after giving away 80 free trial bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption to customers. The medicine is advertised as a rapid cure for asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases with refunds and large sizes priced at one dollar. A Yonkers Gazette note is cited about train curves and deep cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby & Scott's
Dr. King
Blood Hilizir Blood Remedy Promised for Ulcers and Pains
An advertisement touts Blood Hilizir as a positive cure for ulcers eruptions and syphilitic issues. It claims to purify the system and banish rheumatic and neuralgic pains, guaranteed, for sale by N. G. Wwoodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Wwoodward
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F. A. Miller
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New York
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Gideon Thompson
Bridgeport Conn
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Kaskine CO
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Ital
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Humphreys’ Med. Co
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N. Y
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton Bt. S. Y
G. W. Bechel
Wirt
Wwe
A. F. White
Judicial Circuit
Kock Viil ®, Inc
A. F. Wire. Price
Rockville
Permev
Old Settlers’ Meeting
Fair Come Next
Eva Simmons
Wansettler
Mansfield
Dow
Manoah Gingery
Milford Township
Childrens
Evangelical Church
B. Kring
Paulding County
Christain Church
Eliza Beery
Sycamore
H. FP. Beery
W. O. Hughes & Co
Frank Marble
New Haven
Marble
Deshler
J. W. Miller
M. FE
Barton Smith
J. W. Bruce
E. Swan
M. M. Farnsworth
Coughanour
Law and Order League
Jerome P. Slough
P. O
J. P. Slough
C. M. Overholt’s
Brown & Behne’s
Father Shamo
Bro
Shamo
Wertz
Mr. Whitledge
Whitledge
Bucklen
White
Hellebore
Paris
Brunersburg
H. Hatfield
Ayersville
Squire Haller
Adams Township
Sherwood
Edwin Phelps
Yonkers Gazette
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